The 76-year-old actor, best known for playing Hikaru Sulu, helmsman of the USS Enterprise, on the original Star Trek TV series, says he did not hire a ghostwriter to write his Facebook posts – Politico or otherwise. What is this hoo-ha about my FB posts?” Takei wrote from the Star Trek Convention in Boston in an email to Wired. “The commentaries are mine. They are authentically mine, I assure you.”

He did clarify that his posts are sometimes tweaked: “I have Brad, my husband, to help me, and interns to assist,” Takei wrote. “What is important is the reliability of my posts being there to greet my fans with a smile or a giggle every morning. That’s how we keep on growing.”

Polito later apologized to Takei and Romenesko for the comment. “I just said that I’d been looking for any mention of my book I could get and that I hadn’t meant to expose anything,” he said. “I don’t update his page. I’ve had no direct contact with George. I’ve sent him some memes, as have other comedian types, and I was happy for the exposure.”

Takei is currently on tour promoting his e-book, Oh Myyy! (There Goes The Internet), published in November 2012, about his personal experience with social media — musing about everything from the taming of Internet trolls to why Yoda and cats are such popular memes.

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There’s a big world out there, but it’s hard to see it when you’re sitting behind a desk, which is why writer Maryam Siddiqi took more than two weeks holiday. Actually, she took almost seven months to travel to 20 countries on four continents, documenting the journey the whole way. Visit our interactive map to see where Maryam went.